MURRAY INTERNATIONAL TRUST PLC
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Cash
£25m
+185.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.9bn
+14.4% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£357m
+165.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £137,378,000 | £359,944,000 | +162% | |
| Profit before tax | £134,285,000 | £357,115,000 | +165.9% | |
| Net profit | £126,707,000 | £348,575,000 | +175.1% | |
| Cash | £8,732,000 | £24,966,000 | +185.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,788,765,000 | £2,030,900,000 | +13.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,678,849,000 | £1,920,974,000 | +14.4% | |
| Equity | £1,678,849,000 | £1,920,974,000 | +14.4% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £220,000 | £230,950 | +5% | |
| Highest paid director | £53,500 | £56,000 | +4.7% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 7.7% | 17.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.3% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | 8.60x | 9.65x | |
| Interest cover | 44.42x | — |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MURRAY INTERNATIONAL TRUST PLC 1984-08-20 → present
- MURRAY WESTERN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 1907-12-18 → 1984-08-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that the Company has adequate financial resources to continue its operational existence for the foreseeable future and meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of this Annual Report. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis”
Significant events
- “With effect from 1 July 2025, the previous reference index should be changed and the MSCI ACWI High Dividend Yield Index adopted in its place as the Company's Benchmark Index from that date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABERDEEN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2026-08-31 | — | — |
| ABRDN HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-02-14 | — | — |
| BINYON, Claire Margaret | Director | 2018-04-26 | Sep 1966 | British |
| COLQUHOUN, Wendy Margaret | Director | 2023-09-01 | Sep 1963 | British |
| ECKERSLEY, Gregory Douglas | Director | 2023-05-01 | Sep 1964 | British |
| HOLMES, Virginia Anne | Director | 2022-06-22 | May 1960 | British |
| HUYSINGA, Jeroen Karel | Director | 2025-05-01 | Nov 1964 | British |
| MELHUISH, Nicholas James Anthony | Director | 2021-05-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURRAY JOHNSTONE LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 2002-02-14 |
| BENSON, David Holford | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2009-04-22 |
| BEST, James Douglas | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2018-04-26 |
| BROWN, Ella Irene | Director | 2011-04-29 | 2011-06-17 |
| BRUCE, Janet Patricia, Lady Balfour Of Burleigh | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2016-04-26 |
| BURNETT-STUART, Joseph, Mr. | Director | 1991-04-29 | 1995-04-24 |
| CAMPBELL, Marcia Dominic | Director | 2012-04-27 | 2021-04-23 |
| CARTER, Kevin James, Dr | Director | 2009-04-23 | 2021-04-23 |
| COATS, William David, Sir | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| CUTHBERT, William Moncrieff | Director | — | 1989-05-15 |
| DENHOLM, John Ferguson, Sir | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| DUNSCOMBE, Peter William | Director | 2011-04-29 | 2020-04-24 |
| FERGUSSON, Adam Dugdale | Director | 1995-04-24 | 2001-07-23 |
| FRASER, Simon | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2021-08-09 |
| HARDIE, David | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| HARDMAN, Blaise Noel Anthony | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| JOHNSTONE, Raymond, Sir | Director | 1989-11-27 | 2005-05-03 |
| MACKESY, Alexandra Jane | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2025-04-24 |
| MACPHERSON, Ewen Alan | Director | — | 1994-09-30 |
| SHEA, Michael Sinclair, Dr | Director | 1992-07-27 | 2001-04-30 |
| SHEDDEN, Alfred Charles | Director | 2000-10-23 | 2014-04-29 |
| STEPHEN, Alexander Moncrieff Mitchell | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| SUTHERLAND, Donald Gilmour | Director | — | 1989-08-31 |
| TROTT, John Francis Henry | Director | 2000-10-23 | 2011-04-28 |
| THE RT HON VISCOUNT YOUNGER OF LECKIE | Corporate Director | 1989-11-27 | 2002-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 840 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2026-09-01 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-08-24 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-08-11 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-06-23 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-06-22 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-06-10 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-06-09 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-06-03 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-06-03 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-05-27 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-08 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-01 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-04-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-28 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-04-22 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-04-20 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 15
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.